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<span class="firstname">Ion</span> <span class="surname">Gaztanaga</span>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro">Introduction</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro.introduction_building_container">Building
      Boost.Container</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro.tested_compilers">Tested compilers</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/move_emplace.html">Efficient insertion</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/move_emplace.html#container.move_emplace.move_containers">Move-aware containers</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/move_emplace.html#container.move_emplace.emplace">Emplace: Placement insertion</a></span></dt>
</dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/containers_of_incomplete_types.html">Containers of
    Incomplete Types</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/containers_of_incomplete_types.html#container.containers_of_incomplete_types.recursive_containers">Recursive
      containers</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/containers_of_incomplete_types.html#container.containers_of_incomplete_types.type_erasure">Type
      Erasure</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html">Non-standard containers</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.stable_vector"><span class="emphasis"><em>stable_vector</em></span></a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.flat_xxx"><span class="emphasis"><em>flat_(multi)map/set</em></span>
      associative containers</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.slist"><span class="emphasis"><em>slist</em></span></a></span></dt>
</dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html">C++11 Conformance</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.move_emplace">Move and Emplace</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.alloc_traits_move_traits">Stateful
      allocators</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.scoped_allocator">Scoped
      allocators</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.initializer_lists">Initializer
      lists</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.forward_list"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">forward_list</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code></a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.Vector_bool"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code></a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/other_features.html">Other features</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/history_and_reasons.html">History and reasons to use
    Boost.Container</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/history_and_reasons.html#container.history_and_reasons.boost_container_history">Boost.Container
      history</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/history_and_reasons.html#container.history_and_reasons.Why_boost_container">Why
      Boost.Container?</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/index.html">Indexes</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html">Boost.Container Header Reference</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.allocator_traits_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/allocator_traits.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.container_fwd_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/container_fwd.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.deque_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/deque.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.flat_map_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/flat_map.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.flat_set_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/flat_set.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.list_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/list.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.map_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/map.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.scoped_allocator_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/scoped_allocator.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.scoped_allocator_fwd_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/scoped_allocator_fwd.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.set_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/set.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.slist_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/slist.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.stable_vector_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/stable_vector.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.string_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/string.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.vector_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/vector.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/acknowledgements_notes.html">Acknowledgements, notes
    and links</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/release_notes.html">Release Notes</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/release_notes.html#container.release_notes.release_notes_boost_1_53_00">Boost
      1.53 Release</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/release_notes.html#container.release_notes.release_notes_boost_1_52_00">Boost
      1.52 Release</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/release_notes.html#container.release_notes.release_notes_boost_1_51_00">Boost
      1.51 Release</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/release_notes.html#container.release_notes.release_notes_boost_1_50_00">Boost
      1.50 Release</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/release_notes.html#container.release_notes.release_notes_boost_1_49_00">Boost
      1.49 Release</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container/release_notes.html#container.release_notes.release_notes_boost_1_48_00">Boost
      1.48 Release</a></span></dt>
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<a name="container.intro"></a><a class="link" href="container.html#container.intro" title="Introduction">Introduction</a>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro.introduction_building_container">Building
      Boost.Container</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro.tested_compilers">Tested compilers</a></span></dt>
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<p>
      <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Container</strong></span> library implements several
      well-known containers, including STL containers. The aim of the library is
      to offers advanced features not present in standard containers or to offer
      the latest standard draft features for compilers that comply with C++03.
    </p>
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      In short, what does <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Container</strong></span> offer?
    </p>
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          Move semantics are implemented, including move emulation for pre-C++11
          compilers.
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          New advanced features (e.g. placement insertion, recursive containers)
          are present.
        </li>
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          Containers support stateful allocators and are compatible with <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Interprocess</strong></span> (they can be safely placed in
          shared memory).
        </li>
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          The library offers new useful containers:
          <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="circle">
<li class="listitem">
                <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/flat_map.html" title="Class template flat_map">flat_map</a></code>,
                <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/flat_set.html" title="Class template flat_set">flat_set</a></code>,
                <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/flat_multimap.html" title="Class template flat_multimap">flat_multimap</a></code>
                and <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/flat_multiset.html" title="Class template flat_multiset">flat_multiset</a></code>:
                drop-in replacements for standard associative containers but more
                memory friendly and with faster searches.
              </li>
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                <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/stable_vector.html" title="Class template stable_vector">stable_vector</a></code>:
                a std::list and std::vector hybrid container: vector-like random-access
                iterators and list-like iterator stability in insertions and erasures.
              </li>
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                <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/slist.html" title="Class template slist">slist</a></code>: the classic
                pre-standard singly linked list implementation offering constant-time
                <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
                Note that C++11 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">forward_list</span></code>
                has no <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
              </li>
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<a name="container.intro.introduction_building_container"></a><a class="link" href="container.html#container.intro.introduction_building_container" title="Building Boost.Container">Building
      Boost.Container</a>
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<p>
        There is no need to compile <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Container</strong></span>,
        since it's a header only library. Just include your Boost header directory
        in your compiler include path.
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<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Container</strong></span> requires a decent C++98
        compatibility. Some compilers known to work are:
      </p>
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            Visual C++ &gt;= 7.1.
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            GCC &gt;= 4.1.
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            Intel C++ &gt;= 9.0
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